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This engaging study delves into psychology, neuroscience, and economics, with forays into aviation, consumer behavior, geography, football, and stock picking, in a quest to explore the captivating science of human error. It explores how people think, see, remember, and forget and how this sets them up for wholly irresistible mistakes. Enlivened by real-life stories--of weathermen whose predictions are uncannily accurate and a witness who sent an innocent man to jail--this book offers valuable advice, such as how to remember where something important has been hidden, and sheds light on the…mehr

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This engaging study delves into psychology, neuroscience, and economics, with forays into aviation, consumer behavior, geography, football, and stock picking, in a quest to explore the captivating science of human error. It explores how people think, see, remember, and forget and how this sets them up for wholly irresistible mistakes. Enlivened by real-life stories--of weathermen whose predictions are uncannily accurate and a witness who sent an innocent man to jail--this book offers valuable advice, such as how to remember where something important has been hidden, and sheds light on the reasons behind common mistakes people make. Este estudio atractivo ahonda en la psicología, la neurociencia y la economía, con incursiones en la aviación, la conducta del consumidor, la geografía, el fútbol americano y el escoger de acciones, en una búsqueda para explorar la ciencia cautivadora del error humano. Explore cómo las personas piensan, ven, recuerdan y olvidan y cómo esto las hace cometer errores completamente irresistibles. Animado por anécdotas verdaderas--de hombres del tiempo cuyos pronósticos son asombrosamente precisos y un testigo que envió a un hombre inocente a la cárcel--este libro ofrece consejos valiosos, como cómo recordar donde se ha escondido algo importante, y arroja luz sobre las razones detrás de los errores comunes que comete la gente.
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Joseph T. Hallinan is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a former writer for the Wall Street Journal, and a former Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. He lives in Chicago.